Afghanistan

[carlosthejackal]

If we brought back the British Empire things would be so much better for all concerned.

 

[nijinsky's fetlocks]

If we brought back the British Empire things would be so much better for all concerned.

Er,yeah...

 

[Mikeegrini]

Not been following this, but if the books were burnt at a US base, how the fuck did the Taliban find out about it?

The US uses the local population as it's workforce. I think they asked them to dispose of the Qur'an, instead they liberated the books.

 

[fishwick]

If we brought back the British Empire things would be so much better for all concerned.

I think you'll find we lost an entire army in that area in the 1800's trouble is people don't learn from history.

:-)

 

[pominoz]

Not been following this, but if the books were burnt at a US base, how the fuck did the Taliban find out about it?

The US uses the local population as it's workforce. I think they asked them to dispose of the Qur'an, instead they liberated the books.

Yanks really can be stupid, eh?

It's not rocket surgery is it?, if you are going to burn the holy books of the Country you are in, do not get the locals to do it.

 

[Mikeegrini]

Not been following this, but if the books were burnt at a US base, how the fuck did the Taliban find out about it?

The US uses the local population as it's workforce. I think they asked them to dispose of the Qur'an, instead they liberated the books.

Yanks really can be stupid, eh?

It's not rocket surgery is it?, if you are going to burn the holy books of the Country you are in, do not get the locals to do it.

One relatively, if you're Yank, small detail fucked up and they regress how many years, how many more lives will been lost because of nothing more than arrogance and stupidity?

 

[Keith Moncrieff]

Afghanistan war: Taliban back brutal rule as they strike for power

Afghanistan's ex-rulers still back brutal punishments, the BBC finds as it goes behind Taliban lines.

www.bbc.co.uk

Was it all worth it?

 

[flook]

Afghanistan war: Taliban back brutal rule as they strike for power

Afghanistan's ex-rulers still back brutal punishments, the BBC finds as it goes behind Taliban lines.

www.bbc.co.uk

Was it all worth it?

it would have been worth it had it been finished, as it is, 20 years of war for little long term effect

 

[Gabriel]

Should have listened to Brother Peachey Carnehan.

 

[dronefromsector7G]

it would have been worth it had it been finished, as it is, 20 years of war for little long term effect

Plenty of contracts handed out

 

[Mazzarelli's Swiss Cheese]

If we brought back the British Empire things would be so much better for all concerned.

The British empire had a go in the 1860's I think and also ended up retreating and leaving them to it.

 

[AliBobbyJ]

Taliban bastards taking over is tragic for the country even by the standard of its own troubled history. They had the beginnings of a cricket team there for a while, those lads will be soon be for the chop for enjoying such Western frivolities. And as for the 50% of the people that are women - back to the Middle Ages for them, sadly. Meanwhile GB and USA will leave the interpreters etc to their fate.

 

[flook]

The British empire had a go in the 1860's I think and also ended up retreating and leaving them to it.

not just the British, a few would-be conquerors have floundered in the mountains there, the Russians tried and failed before the recent allied attempt.

It's a tragedy for the country but as Drone implied, many people have made a lot of money out of it

 

[hammocity]

Taliban bastards taking over is tragic for the country even by the standard of its own troubled history. They had the beginnings of a cricket team there for a while, those lads will be soon be for the chop for enjoying such Western frivolities. And as for the 50% of the people that are women - back to the Middle Ages for them, sadly. Meanwhile GB and USA will leave the interpreters etc to their fate.

So sad, there's a lot in the UK, they must be so worried about family and friends back home. The country is a lost cause and will be a haven for Terrorists groups, I feel sorry for the majority of the population who will now live in relative poverty and a backward society led by a minority of lunatics. In a utopian society we would get the innocents out of there and bomb the fuck out of the place, polish the cunts off for good.

 

[urban genie]

The British empire had a go in the 1860's I think and also ended up retreating and leaving them to it.

Even Peachey and Dannny didn't last in the mountains

 

[Gabriel]

The British empire had a go in the 1860's I think and also ended up retreating and leaving them to it.

The British had three attempts: 1838-1842, 1878-880, and a dip over the border in 1919. You’re right, better left alone.

 

[mat]

I hear Helmand province is especially beautiful this time of year.

Not to be confused with Helmet Province which is another name for the swamp.

 

[BrianW]

Anyone who has read military history will not be surprised by the outcome in Afghanistan. We could not control it when we were (at the time) the most powerful nation the world had ever seen. Now the Yanks have taken that trophy off us.

 

[Gabriel]

Even Peachey and Dannny didn't last in the mountains

Peachey did. Well, most of him…

 

[JOGAMIGMOG]

Let them get on with it. It baffles me how these Islamist folk like to live their lives but who are we to question it? If women are happy being nothing more than breeding fodder then so be it. If they’re not and if there is a genuine groundswell for change in these countries you’d have thought there may have been a people’s revolution by now? Instead 2000 years later they’re still living by the same doctrines and stoning people to death. Hey ho.